DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,838

CHICKASHA MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 29, 2009 on behalf of workers of Chickasha
Manufacturing, Co., Inc., Chickasha, Oklahoma (Chickasha
Manufacturing, Co., Inc.). Workers at the subject firm are
engaged in activities related to the production of machining
equipment and machining and fabrication services. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product or function.
The investigation further revealed that workers of
Chickasha Manufacturing, Co., Inc., Chickasha, Oklahoma who
are engaged in employment related to the production of machining
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of machining equipment by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with machining equipment
produced by Chickasha Manufacturing, Co., Inc. have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of machining equipment during the relevant period.
The survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported
machining equipment.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of machining equipment by customers of
Chickasha Manufacturing, Co., Inc. contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Chickasha Manufacturing, Co., Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chickasha
Manufacturing, Co., Inc., Chickasha, Oklahoma, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of machining equipment
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:













"All workers of Chickasha Manufacturing, Co., Inc.,
Chickasha, Oklahoma, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 28, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 15th day of March 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance